Epigrams, divine and moral by Sir Thomas Vrchard, Knight.

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Title
Epigrams, divine and moral by Sir Thomas Vrchard, Knight.
Author
Urquhart, Thomas, Sir, 1611-1660.
Publication
London :: Printed by Barnard Alsop, and Thomas Favvcet,
1641.
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Epigrams, English.
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Page 17

39. When a true friend may be best knowne.

AS the glow-worme shines brightest in the darke, And frankincense smells sweetest in the fire: So crosse adventures make us best remarke A sincere friend from a dissembled Lyer; For some being friends to our prosperity, And not to us: when it failes, they decay.
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